About this time of the year, as the weather gets warmer and we renew our love for the environment (both because we can actually spend more than a frost-bitten-second outdoors and because of Earth Day), we begin to re-evaluate our environmental impacts. Sure, turning off your low-energy lights when not home, using refillable water bottles and keeping the air conditioner in check help, but – perhaps surprisingly – so can revamping your beauty routine! Here are 3 products we’re putting in our makeup bags to help us look our best, while saving the word one makeup swipe at a time. (Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but you get the idea.)

Physician’s Formula Bamboo Wear Bamboo Compact, Mirror & Brush, $6.95

Few of us know the process by which many of our beauty tools are made: trees are cut, environments are impacted, and don’t even get us started on the animal rights issues involved with some makeup brush bristles (although there certainly are companies that do a great job with cruelty-free brushes). Physician’s Formula, though, can make you feel better about all of this, without compromising results. I particularly love this Bamboo Wear Compact, Mirror & Brush because of its naturally sustainable, durable and beautiful design. With a full-size mirror and bamboo brush applicator (for easy on the go touch-ups) and a magnetic compartment to easy accommodate a (recyclable) powder or bronzer (sold separately), you can rest assured that your beauty tools aren’t making you more gorgeous at Mother Earth’s expense.

Cargo PlantLove Lip Gloss, $20

Pucker up with a gloss you can safely lick your lips with – without worrying about how much lip lacquer you’re ultimately eating throughout the day! This gloss from Cargo’s PlantLove™ line is not only 100% natural (formulated with natural and organic ingredients) but also offers the same high shine finish and non-sticky texture you’re lips have come to expect. Plus, even the packaging is as green as it gets considering its award-winning packaging made entirely out of corn and its Ecocert endorsement.

RMS Raw Coconut Cream, $18

Your skin is your largest organ – and you certainly want it to look its best – but you also don’t want it to absorb all the nasty chemicals rampant in all too many skincare products. Thankfully, RMS (one of my all time favorite beauty lines, natural or not!) has us covered with their Raw Coconut Cream. The organic, raw, unrefined, virgin coconut oil is as natural as it gets. No chemical treatments here. Just an all natural, anti-microbial, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial cream that not only moisturizes, but also acts as a cleanser (removing dirt and makeup), has anti-aging properties (because of its antioxidant properties) and even works well on acne prone skin (without clogging pores!).

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